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economy, a mistake for global competitiveness, to slow down. i'm convinced the agency has the authority it would need to address issues around promoting brayed band issues going forward. driving investment, driving motivation. >> did you feel like congress was your partner? >> i did. the transformation of the universal service fund was a good example. it is a good example of how pipe -- bipartisan things can get done in washington. i'm proud of the work that rob and i did at the commission on it. and we worked very well with congress, both democrats and republicans in a good back-and-forth dialogue to get that done. i think our relationship with congress was a healthy one. we didn't agree on everything. but debates were on the merits. listen, in our system, debate, argumentation is good. it leads to getter analysis and better outcome. >> let me say something about bipartisanship. under julius' leadership in the commission, if you disagreed with him, he didn't hold a grudge and we got on with the commission. that's the way it should be, and that
economy, a mistake for global competitiveness, to slow down. i'm convinced the agency has the authority it would need to address issues around promoting brayed band issues going forward. driving investment, driving motivation. >> did you feel like congress was your partner? >> i did. the transformation of the universal service fund was a good example. it is a good example of how pipe -- bipartisan things can get done in washington. i'm proud of the work that rob and i did at the...
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there are a lot of things in the economy where we know know this is where the economy is going. we want to do it faster, but in a sustainable way. the united states should want to lead in how we do that. >> in the politics of abundance, there are several instances where you saved the president could act on his own without congressional approval. what are some of those instances? >> for example, in the area of education, the sector of education -- it is a question of how we accelerate it? the president working with the department of education could create a data exchange system that allows us to personalize education. there is a similar thing with healthcare. the president could use executive authority and lay the foundation and act to accelerate that movement to the digital platform. >> where does congress come in? >> in a number of places. at the end of the book, we lay out for trades we think congress could take part. one is related to the broadband area. there was a ceo council that suggested that there are trillions of dollars of savings if the government moved all of its bu
there are a lot of things in the economy where we know know this is where the economy is going. we want to do it faster, but in a sustainable way. the united states should want to lead in how we do that. >> in the politics of abundance, there are several instances where you saved the president could act on his own without congressional approval. what are some of those instances? >> for example, in the area of education, the sector of education -- it is a question of how we...
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how it works up to corporate america and government to learn from the unique way of the bubble based economy that silicon valley is based on meaning if you were trying to generate, as a government, trying to generate new revenue, silicon valley has the answers. if you're trying to explore and ignite better innovation within your companies, silicon valley has the answers, and from an entrepreneur's standpoint, how is it different than in other places which it is because so much is based on failure and learning from one's experiences, but it's also recognizing that you can be part of the process of adopting other people's ideas, or you may have the idea for the next big thing, but bottom line is there's an authenticity to the way things are done in the valley that's accepted no matter who you are. >> you go on to write that failure is a badge of honor. >> guest: yeah, it is. i have to say i'm not completely convinced across the board. i don't nay anyone wants to go in knowing that entrepreneur is going to fail, but there is a batting average, and most tell you out of ten, you know, investments
how it works up to corporate america and government to learn from the unique way of the bubble based economy that silicon valley is based on meaning if you were trying to generate, as a government, trying to generate new revenue, silicon valley has the answers. if you're trying to explore and ignite better innovation within your companies, silicon valley has the answers, and from an entrepreneur's standpoint, how is it different than in other places which it is because so much is based on...
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tries to -- to provide shared retirement benefits options because we're increasingly a free answer economy. that has dramatic implications for all our system built on assumptions on how work would happen. another trend i talk about in the book that is related is the rise of 3-d printing and on demand fabrication. i talk about how i printed sandals for my boys. the future of manufacturing over the next two decades is exciting and almost impossible to imagine where technology is taking us on this front. and yet, it's -- it is arriving. gibson says, the future has arrived and just not evenly distributed. i think that that is -- that's the challenge for our institutions and government and politics and the other kind of crucial institutions of our time is how to navigate the emerging future when it is so woerldrldly in terms of the way the people thought they worked. >> you talk about national security and military. how does the edward snowden situation fit in your book? >> i think it's perfect example. here's low level employee who use a thumb drive to divert the entire national security appar
tries to -- to provide shared retirement benefits options because we're increasingly a free answer economy. that has dramatic implications for all our system built on assumptions on how work would happen. another trend i talk about in the book that is related is the rise of 3-d printing and on demand fabrication. i talk about how i printed sandals for my boys. the future of manufacturing over the next two decades is exciting and almost impossible to imagine where technology is taking us on this...
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and as all of us know given the economy over the past several years, there hasn't been a whole lot of increases in occupied housing. so that's been somewhat challenging. when we ultimately have a return to occupied housing growth, which inevitably we will, i think that should provide us with the wind at our back that should help us grow the video business. at the same time as we've had limited growth in the overall universe of potential video customers, we've also had a number of new entrants into is the video space. so there's been kind of a new equilibrium amongst video providers. we've had both verizon via their fios product and at&t enter our market for video. so that's created somewhat of a headwind in terms of growth in the video business. but we're very focused on returning the business to growth, and we think ultimately the way that happens is by insuring that we have an absolutely world class video product, and we can come back to that pause there's a lot of things -- because there's a lot of things we're demoing here at the cable show that i think is relevant to that area of
and as all of us know given the economy over the past several years, there hasn't been a whole lot of increases in occupied housing. so that's been somewhat challenging. when we ultimately have a return to occupied housing growth, which inevitably we will, i think that should provide us with the wind at our back that should help us grow the video business. at the same time as we've had limited growth in the overall universe of potential video customers, we've also had a number of new entrants...
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economy, a mistake for global competitiveness for the fcc to slow down. i'm convincedded the agency has authority it needs to address issues around promoting our broadband economy going forward, driving investment, innovation, promoting consumers. >> host: did you feel they were your partner serving as chairman? >> guest: i did, almost all the time. the transformation of the fund, the elimination of compensation was a good example, example of how bipartisan things can get done in washington. i'm really proud of the work that rob and i and the rest of the commissioners did on the commission on it, and we worked well with congress, both democrats and republicans, in a good back and forth dialogue to get that done. our relationship was a healthy one, didn't agree on everything, but debates on merits, and, listen, in our system, debate, argumentation is good leading to better results and outcomes. >> guest: one thing about bipartisanship. if you disagreed, he didn't hold a grudge, move on to the next item, and that's the way it should be, and that's the way d
economy, a mistake for global competitiveness for the fcc to slow down. i'm convincedded the agency has authority it needs to address issues around promoting our broadband economy going forward, driving investment, innovation, promoting consumers. >> host: did you feel they were your partner serving as chairman? >> guest: i did, almost all the time. the transformation of the fund, the elimination of compensation was a good example, example of how bipartisan things can get done in...
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economy, a mistake for our global competitiveness for the fcc to slow down. i'm convinced that the agency has the authority that it needs to address issues around promoting our broadband economy going forward, driving investment, driving innovation, proposing competition and protecting consumers. >> host: did you feel like congress was your partner serving as chairman? >> guest: i did almost all the time. you know, the transformation of the universal service fund, the elimination of carrier was a good example. it's an example of how things can get done in washington. i'm proud of the work that we did at the commission on it, and we worked very well with congress, both democrats and republican, in a good back and forth dialogue to get that done. i think our relationship with congress was a very healthy one. we didn't agree on everything, but the debates were on the merits, and, listen, in our system debate, argumentation is good. it leads to a better result, better analysis, better outcome. >> guest: and let me say one thing quickly about bipartisanship which
economy, a mistake for our global competitiveness for the fcc to slow down. i'm convinced that the agency has the authority that it needs to address issues around promoting our broadband economy going forward, driving investment, driving innovation, proposing competition and protecting consumers. >> host: did you feel like congress was your partner serving as chairman? >> guest: i did almost all the time. you know, the transformation of the universal service fund, the elimination of...
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and so there's a lot of things if the economy where we know this is where the economy is going. we want to do it faster, but we also want to do it in a sustainable way, and the united states should want to lead in how we do that. >> host: mr. levin, in "the politics of abundance," there's civil instances where you say the president could act on his own without congressional approval. what are some of those instances? >> guest: we lay out, for example, in the area of education we -- i think the secretary of education, arne duncan, has done a great job laying the foundation, and now it's just a question of how do we accelerate it. and the things where the president, working with the department of education, could, for example, create a data exchange system which allows us to both digitize and personalize education. very similar kind of thing in health care. and so there are all kinds of different things that the president using executive authority as, in fact, they have laid the foundation for already, could act to really accelerate that movement toward the digital platform. >> ho
and so there's a lot of things if the economy where we know this is where the economy is going. we want to do it faster, but we also want to do it in a sustainable way, and the united states should want to lead in how we do that. >> host: mr. levin, in "the politics of abundance," there's civil instances where you say the president could act on his own without congressional approval. what are some of those instances? >> guest: we lay out, for example, in the area of...
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economy likely have had. i have had people tell me we need to rewrite this act or that act. they say we need to do this because the internet is only mentioned twice and they say the 1996 we have moved so far beyond that that it is not funny. true, but if you look at the innovation in the industry, how the industry has driven the u.s. economy, the investment, how amazing this stuff is, how much it changes, other is so much emphasis and resources there, what would be changed in the law to try to make this better? this is a funny industry, most people are hyper competitive and they just fight, fight all day, complained every day about this guy getting a better deal, that industry getting a better deal, but guess what? they are all doing great in terms of them having the chances to succeed with a lot of success. out of time, we want to rescue about the spectrum incentive options. is it going to happen in 2014? pushed to 2015 demo will be your goal? 2015? what will be your goal? >> here, again, when we had our wireless hearing, every other witness, every other answer the to spect
economy likely have had. i have had people tell me we need to rewrite this act or that act. they say we need to do this because the internet is only mentioned twice and they say the 1996 we have moved so far beyond that that it is not funny. true, but if you look at the innovation in the industry, how the industry has driven the u.s. economy, the investment, how amazing this stuff is, how much it changes, other is so much emphasis and resources there, what would be changed in the law to try to...
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we need to get our economy back ourhe right track and give next generation their opportunity to live the american dream. working together, we can. i hope the president and the senate will join us to fix this problem and make life a little easier for millions of students and their families. thank you for listening. >> the senate returns to work on monday to continue to debate and immigration measure that he gives an additional path of citizenship to 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the united states. it aims to crack down on the hiring of illegal immigrants and put a cap on visas for high skilled workers. billommittee approved the last month. the senate is on course to complete a five-year reauthorization of farm. that is at 5:30 p.m. vice president biden will reenact the ceremony and the chamber. live coverage when the senate returns on c-span2. the house is on briefing at 3:00 p.m. , -- next on c- span, "the communicators." the funeral and tribute to a late senator. isrepresentative anna eshoo one of the top democrats. she is a ranking member of the house subcommittee on
we need to get our economy back ourhe right track and give next generation their opportunity to live the american dream. working together, we can. i hope the president and the senate will join us to fix this problem and make life a little easier for millions of students and their families. thank you for listening. >> the senate returns to work on monday to continue to debate and immigration measure that he gives an additional path of citizenship to 11 million undocumented immigrants...
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the current chair of the house energy economy commitey put out a statement: we congratulate tom wheeler on his nomination to the fcc but we're concerned by mr. wheel ever's views on merger conditions thattening be used to affect industries. >> you think senators will try to bring that up. sunset republicans do not get involved in the confirmation process. will they bring um his blog postings about at&t and t-mobile? >> i think they will. this is like some o the issue wes talked about, net neutrality. this is a sore spot with congressional republicans, and i think blair and i specifically squared off on this issue in our former lives. this is the kind of thing where congressional republicans get very troubled by the idea the commission is making policies by permission to merge. so if you have strongly held views on this or that issue, then do it through rulemaking, and i think they have got 'very worried about the increasing tendency for the commission to not only condition a merger but now you have on top of that, where the parties to a deal will voluntarily make conditions to a deal. >
the current chair of the house energy economy commitey put out a statement: we congratulate tom wheeler on his nomination to the fcc but we're concerned by mr. wheel ever's views on merger conditions thattening be used to affect industries. >> you think senators will try to bring that up. sunset republicans do not get involved in the confirmation process. will they bring um his blog postings about at&t and t-mobile? >> i think they will. this is like some o the issue wes talked...
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our economy is growing slower than other companies. we want those international people to come here. plus, they spend money here. plus, why company should go abroad when buyers can come here? the ces is much more the consumer electronics. we get the ceos and that top marketing people from virtually every major company in the united states and certainly in the world. it is not just wall street or the financial community. it is the people from the social media companies and car companies. we have people from all around the world involved. that is really important for our show, industry, and our country. in terms of the amount of innovation and the number of exhibitors, we have over 5000 press here. the attendance is a little bit difficult. we count the space that we sell . we are little bit in a battle with the europeans as to who is the biggest. there is a construction show with heavy equipment. >> do have an estimate of how many foreign visitors have walked the floor here? >> absolutely. it has grown. we are over 30,000 or 35,000. >> a
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stimulate the economy most effectively, because within 30 days the moneys are in the economy circulating. occurred takesw somewhere around the next 10 years $11 billion out of the system. why are more people dependent on food stamps even as the economy improves? >> when the president came into office, they were states were less than 50% of the population already eligible for snap was not participating. now you see partisan patient -- participation rates at 60%. we now have a historic high in terms of the number of people eligible participating. the numbers are not necessarily a reflection of the current economic circumstance. they are a reflection of something more systemic in the american economy in the last several decades. the president talked a lot about this recently, the need to rebuild the middle class and that the gap between richard -- rich and poor and he needs to grow in this country. >> you can watch the entire interview with secretary vilsack sunday on "newsmakers," here on c-span. span's series "first ladies" looks at the life of bess truman, then president obama speaking a
stimulate the economy most effectively, because within 30 days the moneys are in the economy circulating. occurred takesw somewhere around the next 10 years $11 billion out of the system. why are more people dependent on food stamps even as the economy improves? >> when the president came into office, they were states were less than 50% of the population already eligible for snap was not participating. now you see partisan patient -- participation rates at 60%. we now have a historic high...
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i think, two, like you can't -- the commission can't control what the nature of the economy's going to be and, therefore, dictating the willingness of the wireless industry to participate in the auction, the commission also can't dictate the broadcasters' willingness to participate in this auction. remember, this is a voluntary auction from their standpoint. it won't be voluntary how they're repacked after the auction, but whether or not they want to participate in part or in full is voluntary. and that's going to be a very hard thing for the commission to control. i hear different things from different people. i hear they think they're going to get -- even if they don't get 120, they'll get enough to have a robust auction. i think there are a couple things that go into that. i think some of the smaller group owners may be more willing to participate. i think also the noncommercial stations could help drive a higher yield of spectrum. but, again, you know, it's an unknown, and i think it's one of the big unknowns that tom's going to face going forward. >> couple key issues in the aucti
i think, two, like you can't -- the commission can't control what the nature of the economy's going to be and, therefore, dictating the willingness of the wireless industry to participate in the auction, the commission also can't dictate the broadcasters' willingness to participate in this auction. remember, this is a voluntary auction from their standpoint. it won't be voluntary how they're repacked after the auction, but whether or not they want to participate in part or in full is voluntary....
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of course, corporate america and government who can learn from the unique way of this bubble-based economy that silicon valley is based on meaning that if you're trying to generate as a government and you're looking for ways to generate new revenue, silicon valley has the answers. if you're trying to explore and ignite better innovation within your companies, silicon valley has the answers. and then from an entrepreneur's stand point, you is entrepreneurship different in silicon valley than other places, which it distinctly is. pause so much of -- because so much is often based on failure and learning from one's experiences, but it's also recognizing that you can be part of the process of adopting other people's ideas, or you may have the idea for the next big thing. but the bottom line is, there is an authenticity to the way that things are done in silicon valley that's veryied -- very accepted no matter who you are. >> host: you go on to write that failure is a badge of honor. >> guest: it is. and i have to say i'm not completely convinced across the board. i don't think any investor wan
of course, corporate america and government who can learn from the unique way of this bubble-based economy that silicon valley is based on meaning that if you're trying to generate as a government and you're looking for ways to generate new revenue, silicon valley has the answers. if you're trying to explore and ignite better innovation within your companies, silicon valley has the answers. and then from an entrepreneur's stand point, you is entrepreneurship different in silicon valley than...
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and the idea that big fish swallow up little fish i don't think it's healthy for our economy. now they all have a business plan. obviously they want to make money but when you look at the markets in the country, 80% is owned in terms of the beachfront , the most valuable spectrum and spectrum is gold in our country. we have to do much more in order to loosen and free it up. 80% is owned by the top companies. so for someone to suggest or if anyone were to suggest that is acceptable, i don't think so. i just don't so we agree with each other sometimes and other times we don't agree and it keeps life interesting. i think the facts are really rather compelling. >> guest: do you have any concern that if the fcc adopted what you are saying which would be a cap on at&t and verizon in the spectrum auction that might limit the amount of revenues they governor -- government would get? >> guest: that is the hammer that they are using. part of that hammer has some bang in some truth to it and that is that we do need some of these resources that flow from the auction in order to fund a ver
and the idea that big fish swallow up little fish i don't think it's healthy for our economy. now they all have a business plan. obviously they want to make money but when you look at the markets in the country, 80% is owned in terms of the beachfront , the most valuable spectrum and spectrum is gold in our country. we have to do much more in order to loosen and free it up. 80% is owned by the top companies. so for someone to suggest or if anyone were to suggest that is acceptable, i don't...
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so our economy is gaining traction. and we're finally tackling threats to middle-class prosperity that washington neglected for far too long. but as any middle-class family listening right now knows, we've got a long way to go to get to where we need to be. and after five years spent digging out of crisis, the last thing we need is for washington to manufacture another. but that's what will happen in the next few weeks if congress doesn't meet two deadlines. first, the most basic constitutional duty congress has is passing a budget. but if it doesn't pass one before september 30, a week from monday, the government will shut down. and so will many services the american people expect. military personnel, including those deployed overseas, won't get their paychecks on time. federal loans for rural communities, small business owners, and new home buyers will be frozen. critical research into life- saving discoveries and renewable energy will be immediately halted. all of this will be prevented if congress just passes a budg
so our economy is gaining traction. and we're finally tackling threats to middle-class prosperity that washington neglected for far too long. but as any middle-class family listening right now knows, we've got a long way to go to get to where we need to be. and after five years spent digging out of crisis, the last thing we need is for washington to manufacture another. but that's what will happen in the next few weeks if congress doesn't meet two deadlines. first, the most basic constitutional...
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nothing in the face of real that's to our security and our -- of real threats and the security of our economy. i signed an executive order that will strengthen our cyber security and developing standards to protect our national security, jobs, and privacy. >> michael daniel is a president of cyber security coordinator. mr. daniel, in the executive order of february 12, 2013, he talks about vital infrastructure. how was that defined? >> that is defined as if something bad happened to it, that things would happen -- bad things would happen to it in the real world. it would be economic disruption. in the cyber context, it means that if something happened ito it in the cyber realm, there would be effects in the real brown. >> a lot of the infrastructure is in private hands er. >> many are in private hands. >> will these private institutions have to participate participate in the cyber security enhancement? >> i think for the most part it will be a voluntary and collaborative process to participate. if you look through the executive order and follow how the ring work is laid out -- framework is la
nothing in the face of real that's to our security and our -- of real threats and the security of our economy. i signed an executive order that will strengthen our cyber security and developing standards to protect our national security, jobs, and privacy. >> michael daniel is a president of cyber security coordinator. mr. daniel, in the executive order of february 12, 2013, he talks about vital infrastructure. how was that defined? >> that is defined as if something bad happened to...
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, a centralized economy. and in general it was going to make it such that self-government which had never been fully practical prior to the internet could actually become practical. people would actually have the information required to govern their own lives in a social sense and really fully participate. so that's the high bar of the internet when it began. and i think oftentimes still to this day one of the points i just made people invoke and say, yes, that's what the internet's doing. what i would argue is that on certain key points in that mythology or that dream of the internet, what's happened is there's specific places where we've turned in the opposite direction. i'll give a couple examples. one of the great ideas initially is it was going to be anonymous medium. you could go on, and you could not be known who you were, so you didn't need to worry about being monitored or people keeping tabs on you. the way the interbe net has developed -- purely for commercial reasons because commercial interests c
, a centralized economy. and in general it was going to make it such that self-government which had never been fully practical prior to the internet could actually become practical. people would actually have the information required to govern their own lives in a social sense and really fully participate. so that's the high bar of the internet when it began. and i think oftentimes still to this day one of the points i just made people invoke and say, yes, that's what the internet's doing. what...
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the economy and united states. increase 40% rates per year. i was a american -- i would say that america's future is a wire- lined a future. >> you are talking about the move to broadband and one of the sec is looking at is transition. you feel that the sec is moving quickly enough? i think there've been concerns about the process taking too long. >> i applaud the commission for establishing the technology transition task force. i think it is important that we have a managed transition to ip. the commission and department of commerce work very well together in transitioning us from an analog to digital world when it came to broadcasting. thats not so long ago folks were very worried about having to get rid of their analog television sets. that was managed in a way that was done with nary a hiccup. it takes planning and execution. the new chairman of the sec is someone who is attentive to that. >> will like to see the fcc do next -- what would you like to see the fcc do next? >> i think with the chairman has done is
the economy and united states. increase 40% rates per year. i was a american -- i would say that america's future is a wire- lined a future. >> you are talking about the move to broadband and one of the sec is looking at is transition. you feel that the sec is moving quickly enough? i think there've been concerns about the process taking too long. >> i applaud the commission for establishing the technology transition task force. i think it is important that we have a managed...
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competition is one of the hallmarks of our economy. and it seems to me that i bump into those that speak about competition with a great deal of passion until they see competition coming from a thousand miles away and want to squash it like a bug. so we do need competition, far more consumer choice. and i think when those two are the pillars, that we just can't go with wrong. but we have a long way toss go to get there -- ways to go to get there. of there was a very interesting article in today's new york times about the duopoly we have in our country in terms of telecommunications companies and the history of that. i think all of that is instructive. at least it's instructive to me. so those are the two things that i keep my eye on. >> host: representative eshoo, does cell phone unlocking fall into that more competition arena? >> guest: i think it does. i think it does. i think what people buy and pay for they should be able to use however they choose to use it. and so i think that it's very important to, that unlocking legislation --
competition is one of the hallmarks of our economy. and it seems to me that i bump into those that speak about competition with a great deal of passion until they see competition coming from a thousand miles away and want to squash it like a bug. so we do need competition, far more consumer choice. and i think when those two are the pillars, that we just can't go with wrong. but we have a long way toss go to get there -- ways to go to get there. of there was a very interesting article in...
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formation was already suppressed by weakness -- house formation was already suppressed by weakness in the economy. you had negative penetration growth. celebrated since 2010. now, the paid tv universe is terms.ting in nominal the whole subscriber base is contracting at a rate of 0.3% per year. that will probably continue to accelerate even if new households continue to improve. hereave a genuine problem that you are no longer seeing unit group, you are seeing unit and kind. the cable, to share losses. -- you are seeing unit decline. it is a shrinking pie. the numbers cannot act the expect to get much better. >> is it because of course cutting?- cord >> i would suggest it is not the way people inc. of -- think of cord cutting. access to all of the digital in the universe. the reality is a lower income american that may not have a broadband subscription. they are looking at the subscription as a necessary cost production and they are switching not to the consumption of netflix or hulu or online content as much as they are switching back to over the air broadcast tv because it is all they can afford
formation was already suppressed by weakness -- house formation was already suppressed by weakness in the economy. you had negative penetration growth. celebrated since 2010. now, the paid tv universe is terms.ting in nominal the whole subscriber base is contracting at a rate of 0.3% per year. that will probably continue to accelerate even if new households continue to improve. hereave a genuine problem that you are no longer seeing unit group, you are seeing unit and kind. the cable, to share...
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it is a taxpayer-owned resource and we believe it benefits the economy and society as a whole. if you have access to that benefitsin a way that the consumer. >> recently come at&t agreed to voluntarily work towards interoperability in the 700 megahertz spectrum band, which would allow your customers to roam on at&t's network and allow your members to begin building out their lte device portfolio, if you will. tell us about how this will affect your members going forward. is this a good solution at this point? i think it is a very positive solution. a lot of credit goes to .hairwoman if she had not said that it would be a solution one way or the other and rolled up her sleeves and got into the middle of it, really, display of leadership to find a solution that was business-based, that would allow the small carriers to unleash the spectrum that they had already bought. there's over $2 billion with the spectrum that smaller guys purchased and they were able to unleash that spectrum and exit provide services to 4g, high- speed and mobile phone services around america. and chairwoma
it is a taxpayer-owned resource and we believe it benefits the economy and society as a whole. if you have access to that benefitsin a way that the consumer. >> recently come at&t agreed to voluntarily work towards interoperability in the 700 megahertz spectrum band, which would allow your customers to roam on at&t's network and allow your members to begin building out their lte device portfolio, if you will. tell us about how this will affect your members going forward. is this a...
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it's about building an economy that generates and paying jobs. it's about making sure there is fairness for everyone under the president's health care law. so that hard-working people like you get the same relief big businesses have received. it's about stemming the tide of debt and deficits that threaten to wash out an entire generation's opportunities. it's about ensuring that our troops in harms way and their families are taken care of the same way they take care of us here at home. preserving the american dream, that's what this is really about . the longer we go one settling for, maybe next time, for this notion that putting things off until after the next election is ok, the harder this is going to get. it's a challenge, but we can do this. let's get back to work together. thank you for listening. >> next, "the communicators." members discuss technology legislation, followed by first ladies. the u.s. houset debate over short-term funding for american indian health and education programs, as the government shutdown continues. c-span, created
it's about building an economy that generates and paying jobs. it's about making sure there is fairness for everyone under the president's health care law. so that hard-working people like you get the same relief big businesses have received. it's about stemming the tide of debt and deficits that threaten to wash out an entire generation's opportunities. it's about ensuring that our troops in harms way and their families are taken care of the same way they take care of us here at home....
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back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy. that's why earlier today i signed a new executive order that will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing and developing standards to protect our national security, our jobs and our privacy. >> host: and michael daniel is the president's cybersecurity coordinator. mr. daniel, in the president's executive order of february 12, 2013, he talks about vital infrastructure. how is the white house defining "vital"? >> well, vital infrastructure's really defined as that infrastructure that if something really bad happened to it, lots of really bad things would happen in the real world. in other words, significant damage to our national security, significant economic disruption, potentially loss of life. and specifically in the cyber context, it means that that infrastructure that if something happened to it in the cyber realm, you could have the resulting physical effects in the real realm. >> host: so a lot of those infrastructures, though, are in private hands, is t
back years from now and wonder why we did nothing in the face of real threats to our security and our economy. that's why earlier today i signed a new executive order that will strengthen our cyber defenses by increasing information sharing and developing standards to protect our national security, our jobs and our privacy. >> host: and michael daniel is the president's cybersecurity coordinator. mr. daniel, in the president's executive order of february 12, 2013, he talks about vital...
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aboutn watch -- not only the economy, but fashion, lifestyle and what ever else our reporters have covered. they talk about the trend or the news that is going on in that area. these are short clips typically. there has been some experimentation with longer ones. i comanagee that with another journalist and which is owned by the same company that owns "wall street journal," we run big conferences so we have interviews with all the leaders of the tech and media industry. those are available on our site .nd him -- and on wsj live you can not only watch don't stream and in some cases on was immediately after they happen but you can go back and watch from four years ago. if you want to see steve jobs' last interview, you can see that. we are heavily involved in this. ive, which is the brand name that collects all of this apt on all of these devices. >> what kind of viewership? >> i have no idea. i think it is good because they have continued and they sell advertisements just like most television does. see one of myo videos talking about a product i reviewed, you'd probably have to sit through
aboutn watch -- not only the economy, but fashion, lifestyle and what ever else our reporters have covered. they talk about the trend or the news that is going on in that area. these are short clips typically. there has been some experimentation with longer ones. i comanagee that with another journalist and which is owned by the same company that owns "wall street journal," we run big conferences so we have interviews with all the leaders of the tech and media industry. those are...
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that does not just in the tech field, but throughout the economy. make it easy for people to stay and grow american jobs to help our economy recover. >> what is the atmosphere for potential immigration reform in congress? >> we have had an interest in immigration reform for white some time. we have not -- for quite some time. in november,al -- mr. romney lost badly. part of the reason why is because he got under 30% of votes among latino voters. there is a divide that is partly because of the republican' immigration. the republican -- and this is a very fast growing demographic. they have to join us. they have to deal with immigration reform. we're happy to compete for voters aren't other subjects. -- on other subjects. >> this is a priority for the tech community? >> it is. it is something i have been working on for a long time. it is a decision that the republican leadership needs to make. i cannot make it for them. i am hopeful that they will decide that it is a good thing to put behind them. i know that we can work together to make it so. >> wha
that does not just in the tech field, but throughout the economy. make it easy for people to stay and grow american jobs to help our economy recover. >> what is the atmosphere for potential immigration reform in congress? >> we have had an interest in immigration reform for white some time. we have not -- for quite some time. in november,al -- mr. romney lost badly. part of the reason why is because he got under 30% of votes among latino voters. there is a divide that is partly...
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want to have stay here to create jobs -- and that's not just in the it can field, it's throughout the economy -- you need to make it easy for people to stay and create businesses and grow american jobs and help our economy recover. >> host: what's the atmosphere, the climate for potential immigration reform in congress and perhaps the administration? >> guest: well, on the democratic side we've had an interest in immigration reform for quite some time. we have not had that enthusiasm on the republican side. but here's the deal. in november mitt romney lost badly, and part of the reason why was because he got under 30% of the vote among asian voters and under 30% of the vote among latino voters. and analysts have devised that that is partly because of the republican posture on immigration. so really the republican leadership needs to think do they ever want a republican president again? because these are the fastest-growing demographic groups in the country. and if so, they have to join us and do immigration reform. we're happy to compete for voters on some other subject. let's come together,
want to have stay here to create jobs -- and that's not just in the it can field, it's throughout the economy -- you need to make it easy for people to stay and create businesses and grow american jobs and help our economy recover. >> host: what's the atmosphere, the climate for potential immigration reform in congress and perhaps the administration? >> guest: well, on the democratic side we've had an interest in immigration reform for quite some time. we have not had that...
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. , we are dependent upon new housing to grow the pie.ll given the economy, there's not not been a lot of increases. that has been a challenge. we have a return on occupied housing which we will. it will help us grow the video business. at the same time would've had limited growth in the universe of potential customers, with had a number of new entrances into the video space. it is been a new it librium. -- a new equilibrium. that has created a headwind for growth. onwe are very focused returning the business to growth and ultimately the way it happens is by ensuring we have a world-class video. demoing here that is relevant. a good is having customer service experience. that is something that has been --area where people have there's a lack of appreciation of the complexity and delivering service to 50 million homes. we are focused on it and doing a better and better job making our company easier to do business with is simply more customer friendly. ?> what are you doing here -- >> one of the areas that has been a focus of time and resource for us as improving our navigation experienc
. , we are dependent upon new housing to grow the pie.ll given the economy, there's not not been a lot of increases. that has been a challenge. we have a return on occupied housing which we will. it will help us grow the video business. at the same time would've had limited growth in the universe of potential customers, with had a number of new entrances into the video space. it is been a new it librium. -- a new equilibrium. that has created a headwind for growth. onwe are very focused...
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as we become more interconnected and more interdependent in terms of our cyber economy, all of these things, all of these countries all have an interest in ensuring that the cyber system works. i think that we need to continually reach out to countries and individual -- and hold individual countries responsible. the lebanon or yemen situation is different from afghanistan where the central government does not have full control. i would suggest that in areas where the central government is fully in control, there is an internal responsibility for that country to act. that is simply a criminal action that needs to be addressed by the domestic government. >> we are focusing on technology, but there is a human factor. look at the middle east. we are talking about radical groups and what have you. i think we are much better off that there is more openness. there is a big opening for closer cooperation. the radical groups are not only a threat to the west, but other countries. how do we push the ideology out that technology is an electric switch? this is something that we have to keep in m
as we become more interconnected and more interdependent in terms of our cyber economy, all of these things, all of these countries all have an interest in ensuring that the cyber system works. i think that we need to continually reach out to countries and individual -- and hold individual countries responsible. the lebanon or yemen situation is different from afghanistan where the central government does not have full control. i would suggest that in areas where the central government is fully...